WILD BIRD TREAT MIX

(from New Life Bible Church Women’s recipe box)

Categories: HOMEMADE GIFTS

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups Yellow Corn Meal
  • 1/2 cup Wheat Germ (cereal aisle)
  • 1/2 cup Small Mixed Birdseed
  • 1/2 cup Raisins
  • 1 1/2 cups Quick Oats

Directions

  1. Layer ingredients in order given (corn meal first) in a 1 quart “wide mouth” canning jar. Press each layer very firmly in place before adding next ingredient.

  2. Decorate jar and attach a recipe card with the following instructions.

  3. Empty all ingredients from jar into a large bowl. Mix.

  4. Add: 3/4 cup Peanut Butter, smooth or crunchy, and 1 cup Water.

  5. Mix very well. Add more water if necessary to make a stiff dough. Spread in a 9″ × 13″ pan. Use a knife to cut into 2″ × 4″ bars. Leave bars in place.

  6. Bake at 250 for 45 minutes.

  7. Leave in pan to cool. Cut into bars along cut lines. Feed wild birds with 1 bar at a time. Keep remaining bars refrigerated until needed.

  8. Makes 12 bars.

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